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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-15

The following listot officers is rspab.
.i,hrl hY request.
President Mrs + " WMule vice.
presidents Mrs Truman a Parker Pres
byer.m Mrs Mann Quare- Christians
Mr., j. o. Rutiu Ep.-c0palim Mrs w
Pitcher Baptist Mrs schaeheg Eng
lisA Lutheran llu William b Pleas
ANTS. Friends Mrs $ g. Noting. Ger
man Lutheran Ms Frank Minor Meth
oll>f Nr- William + Simon- 1alAoli,
secretary Ms Anna Rahm
The Association adopted resolution
accepting % donation of $500 from Mr.
Joseph Bryan and expressing to him the
thauhs0 of the association for hi, liberaiily
This association of Christian women is
hborius for the amelioration of the con-
diiion OF our deserving working women
and children
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-15

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Main street Baptist Church 0n.-lt Is
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.ylen f., known f.a. among those has
fs. uum er- 4r. NI- Hm % ~leHumr
Nr William J. knowles. Nt Henry
Gr.a,rr SIR Frank Cunningham ~
Douglas LefNill MI Geo s. lumr
Alr louis 81 pll.ui and o'Aer
THE concert is for ,he benefit of most
deserving cause. and is hoped t.e I.r.e
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
The blackboard County Field.

Hartford City Times.
1t gives the Times pleasure to announce that
the boom inaugurated by the discovery OF nat
ural gas in Hartford City is opening up most
auspiciously. Friday last Messrs. A. Wicker
sham. Z. B. Gest A Collins. Fl. P. Danborn
and M. Il. Cory, Xenia, o.. syndicate, rep
resentng $500, 900, arrived in the city and
nounced their intention of investing in Hartford
City real estate. All day Friday and Saturday
the air was rife with real estate transactions in
which the above gentlemen figured prominently,
but the truth soon leaked out and became the
talk of the town. 1t was that the syndicate
were egotiatng for the purchase of the vacant
lots on the west side of the square. owned by G.
R. Cooley and Mrs Elizabeth Grassman, and
that their propositions had been rejected by Mr..
Cooley, and that they had left on the evening
train for Muncie However. Messrs. Wicker
sham and Collins returned from Muncie on Mon
day last, when negotiations were at once re-
sumed which resulted in the sale of Coo.ey's
property. Mrs Grassman refusing to sell. This
was the first important sale of real estate that
has occurred since the boom started, and it al
ready promises fruitful results.
No sooner was this transfer effected than
other party OF gentlemen from Findlay, O.,
Messrs. c. n. Norris, A Blackford and A p.
Byal, closed contract with Mr.. J. j. Maddox
the Times Office, for 81 800. and another bust
ness room East Washington street. occupied
by Charles w. Abbott, for 81 200. Other sales
followed in rapid succession, Messrs. Byal, Nor
ris and Backford, purchasing the following
property: The Huffman House, having a front
age of forty feet, for 81 $50; the John Snck prop
erty, on Main and Jefferson streets with 100
feet 'front.' for So 500 and the two lots with build
incs opposite the Huffman House belonging TO
William and Frank Craft, forty feet front. for
$4,000 Jesse H. Dowel also sold two FARMS
north Of town, containing 400 acres, for SIG 600
Thus the boom goes gathering in force and
volume with each succeeding day. The above
sales not of the "option" variety but plain
old-fashioned, legitimate transitions which are
clinched by good American dollars in cold cash.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
The Excitement at Muncie.


There is no doubt but that Muncie just now
is in the infancy of wonderful period Of growth
and progress Even the most conservative are
forced to admit that in short time our popula-
ton will be doubled and even tripled.
1t is gratifying to know that Muucie is not
suffering from unhealthy growth, and there
are many reasons for thinking that it will not
In the first place. the buyers are not real estate
sharks, who intend to boom the town paper
without any substantial foundation. We have
more factories than Findlay if there are
only thirty five there. And we know that many
of the men who have, purchased real estate here
intend to enhance its value by locating factories
on the ground. We know that some manufact-
uring establishments have been secured by the
Board of Trade, and that they will secure many
more.
Messrs Mead & Dinner, OF Dayton. most as
suredy intend to improve their properties, both
by factories and dwelling houses
Messrs Goshorn, of Cincinnati, stand ready
to donate their share OF money to secure i'm
provements for the town. They invested their
money. of course. for the profit but they are
ready to help the town when they benefit them
selves.
Mr.. VIM. Harris. of Union City, is as entbus-
iastic for Muncie any old resident He is al
WAYS on the lookout to secure manufacturing
interests, and spends much time and money
after such features. Enough country has been
laid out in lots around Finday to make town
of 1000, 900 inhabitants. We shall be sorry to
day in the very future when all of
Centre township is plated. 1t is ridiculous to
think that a town can grow so fast. 1t is folly
to allow spectators to put prices so high that a
man who wants to locate here with family can
not buy a lot. Muncie does not need ten square
miles laid off in lots, with only one house for
every two hundred lots Let us not delude our
selves with the idea that 81 900 600 in real estate
is of as much benefit as that much in factories
We want the town to extend the corporation
line and not let the line outgrow the town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

YES Your visit was anticipated seven years ago,
when the building was put up. and opening
was very considerably leftfor you There it is.
Please shut it when you GO out.
Mr.. CRAWFORD. the London correspondent of
the New York World, in writing of the House of
Lords, remarks Il have criticised the United
States Senate for a number of years as CORE
spondent at Washington but after seeing The
upper house In England ! don't think shall
ever venture again to say one word against the
Senate of the United States. 1t is body so su-
perior in character. and ability, and positive
force to the fossized House of Lords that
every American has good reason to be proud of
it,
THE END.
And so cast aside our cherished friendship
And so cease to call you even friend:
And so hurry from all sight and hearing
The memory of this friendship and its end.
If you have caused me pain You are forgiven;
If you have grieved me- it is now
If have found you tickle and unstable,
You will forget-no grief need cloud your brow.
All, we'll, it is not strange we should grow weary;
1t is not strange I'VE both should wish to part;
But now tbs over. reveal my secret
IT'S this loved you loved you from my heart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
THE apvANTAeB OF INDIANAPOLIS.

indianapolis is at present focus of observa-
The natural gas discoveries have made In
diana, for the time being, the best advertised
State in the Union. The partial development
of the gas field thus far shows it to be very
extensive and the deposit of immense pros
pective value. Capitalists, investors, manu-
facturers and business men are quick to see
enormous part they must play in the bust
ness development of the immediate future.
They open new avenues of trade and inviting
opportunities for investment The element
of cheap fuel is the universal solvent in the
business world. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, that these discoveries, heralded every
where, and topic of universal discussion in
scientific and business circles, should make
Indiana center of observation and Indian
apolis the point of greatest interest. Cheap
fuel is great desideratum everywhere, and
the possession of natural gas will contribute
largely to the prosperity of any town or city
that has it. 1t has already contributed largely
to the prosperity of some of the best towns
in the State. But it stands to reason that
the point which presents the greatest aggre-
uring center or distributing poin4 must, with
the added advantage of natural gas, still
hold the lead indianapolis without
natural gas would be at comparative disad-
vantage in the new race on which the State is
about to enter. Indianapolis with natural
gas will easily lead in the race. Capitalists
and investors know this. They know that in
Indiana all roads lead to Indianapolis and
whatever advantages or attractions may be
presented by other towns will be greatly out
weighed by those of this city if it is to have
the new fuel. And it is to have it; that is
definitely settled, and it is on this point that we
wish to give positive assurance to capitalists
and investors who are waiting for develop
ments. The city will have natural gas very
soon, and will have it in such abundance and
on such terms as to give it largely the ad
vantage as manufacturing point over any
other city in the West Of anything like equal
size or corresponding advantages in other
respects. Therefore, to capitalists, investors,
manufacturers and business men everywhere,
who are waiting and watching for natural
gas developments at this city, we say, come
along. Now is tho time to invest, if you
want to get in on the ground floor, or near it.
the wonderful new, cheap fuel will be here
in few months, and those who are first to
take advantage of the situation will reap the
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

easy. They say we have the money, the pipes
the work of laying mains Immediately, if the
city will grant us certain rights and privi-
leges Right .ere is an important point. The
Journal is in eavor of treating any proposition
the Standard Company may make upon its
merits. We must not close our doors to for
eign capital nor pursue dog-in-the- manger
policy. If the Standard Company wishes to
come here and identify itself with the city
let it come, and if it is prepared to make
favorable proposition for supplying the city
with natural gas its proposition should be
fairly considered. AS matter of local pride
and neighborly feeling we might prefer that
the franchise should be in the control
OF our own people, but that is not
important. Sentiment and prejudice are
out of place in matters of this kind
Business is business, and if the Standard com.
pany has better facilities for supplying thecity
with natural gas than any other company, and
can give better assurances of fulfilling its con-
tracts promptly and satisfactorily, it should
be met in proper business spirit At present
it undoubtedly has much better facilities than
any other company, for it is the only one that
has working organization and the money, the
pipes and the gas. Therefore, we say, any
proposition they make to the city should be
met halfway, but not more than halfway nor
in spirit of surrender. If the company asks
the city to grant it valuable franchises, the
city should insist on a substantial return. A
franchise that is valuable to the Standard Oil
Company is worth something to the city; and by
this we mean not mere complimentary equiv
alent or concession on paper, but something
substantial and permanent, like an annual per-
centage on the gross receipts of the company,
or something equivalent. The Standard COM
pany should be treated with entire fairness,
but should be required to give an equivalent
for any franchise it may ask 1t can afford to
do this and the city cannot afford to do any
thing else. It is time for Indianapolis to have
forever done with giving to anybody or to
any corporation valuable rights and franchises
for nothing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

DEMOCRATIC primary meetings were held
in Louisville on Saturday to nominate dele.
gates to the State convention. Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner is the leading candidate for
Governor, and the contest was between the
Buckner aud anti-Buckner men. Kentucky
Democracy is the pure, unadulterated article,
and its true inwardness came out strong on
Saturday. The Louisville Commercial saws:
1.-THE scenes at some of the primaries
were simply outrageous. Moss-covered Dem
ocrats were knocked down and dragged out
for expressing their convictions and attempt
ing to secure fair play. Whole droves of
hoodlums, shoulder hitters and thugs were
paid to pack the conventions for Buckner,
and after the conventions adjourned they
were paid off on the sidewalk The men were
paid dollar apiece No effort was made to
conceal the corruption, and the paying off was
witnessed by hundreds of people.
With this evidence of vitality in the time
honored principles of Democracy we see no
reason to doubt that they will carry Kentucky
by the usual majority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
THE REAL ESTATE RISE,

There are indications of a real estate Gloom"
in indianapolis. That is to say, prices of real
estate are on the rise, transactions are in
creasing holders are asking and buyers show
willingness to pay considerably more than
the prices that have been ruling for some time
past This is all right. We are glad to see
it. 1t is the dawn of better times, for which
many have been waiting watching and hoping.
sion and stagnation that has prevailed here.
That condition of things was in turn the nat
ural result of the period of imitation and spec
ulation that preceded it. In the business, as
well as in the natural world, intense action is
followed by corresponding reaction, excite
ment by depression, initiation by collapse. It
follows that if we wish to avoid the periods of
depression we must avoid those of undue ex-
element There is reason in all things. The
cheering. We could stand good deal more
and it would not be out of keeping with the
solid growth and bright prospects of the city.
indianapolis is coming to her own again.
Real estate for some years past has been very
low-too low. The fact that it has taken an
upward turn and is on the rise shows the ten
dency of things to find their level. 1t is a
healthy boom. But it should not be over
done. If we could whisper word of caution
to real estate owners and dealers we should
say go slow and not too far. The city is fairly
on the way to complete recovery from one
dangerous relapse. Care should be taken to
avoid another
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

cisco had a rate of fifty cents per 100 pounds
on wool. while dealers and growers located
several hundred miles further east had to pay
So to 81. so per 100 pounds if that wool was
shipped direct to the East" There is WOOL
they say, now in Philadelphia, grown in
Montana, which the railroads forced to be
sent thence via San Francisco making haul
of 4, 900 miles, while if shipped direct it would
have travelled only 1000 miles. The object
OF the discrimination was to give the San
Francisco merchants an opportunity to exact
toll before it reached its natural destination.
Thus it becomes more apparent every
day that there were great inequalities
and abuses under the old system, and the
protests against the law seem to come mainly
from quarters where these abuses are hit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
A Great Principle Plainly Stated.

Charlottesville journal.
Maurice Thompson. in speaking of natural
gas has the following to say:
st is a curious fact that the human mind, as
a rule, is more receptive Of fanciful or thau-
maturec effects than of the simple impressions
of plain truth"
This is what the Journal has always contend
ed for. The truth leav-s no such beautiful and
impressive impressions as do the fanciful and
tigrasomic ones produces. by thaumaturgical IL
lusons. Thermochracy and a liberal use of the
tnylacinus will show any person that theopilan-
thropsm and tetartohedrsm is the true theory
and that the man who holds like a barnacle to
the old and exploded theories of supraapsarian-
ism, stcichlometry and spymography is far re-
moved from the world of progress. Stratho-
graphically considered thaumaturgv is the only
way of accounting for the ronchisonant or
shncophorial decentralization, so widely circu
lated over the Western hemisphere That
natural gas has an incorporeal existence can be
proven beyond the shadow of doubt. 1t is
intramundane and its INSTRUMENTATION is sym
metrical in its terrestrial civilizations. No one
who is acquainted with the isobarnetrc interdig-
tiation of the gyphographic. stradometric vul-
canzation constantly going on, can for single
moment doubt that Mr.. Thompson is correct and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

A NEW English dictionary, about to be pub
Gshed in London, gives the word Gloom
place in its definitions, and refers to the In
dianapolis Journal as having originated it,
quoting from this paper of April %, 1879.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat claims that
the compiler of the dictionary has committed
grave error, inasmuch as that paper and not
the Journal was the originator of the word.
The Globe-Democrat asserts priority of inven-
ton, having first used the word "boom" in
July, 1878, and almost daily for good while
after that. 1t is right. The origin of the
word is incorrectly attributed to this paper,
and whatever of honor there is in it belongs
to the Globe Democrat. The circumstances
of its first use and the manner of its intro
duction are correctly stated in an article
copied elsewhe re. The Journal has no de-
sire to dispute with its esteemed contempt
rary the honor of this coinage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

SATURDAY was the commonly accepted an
piversary of Shakspeare's birthday and Sat
urday night was fifty chosen for compli-
mentary testimonial to the venerable actor
Mr.. James E. Murdoch, Of Cincinnati, by his
friends in that city. Mr.. Murdoch was, in
his day, enc of the best actors that ever trod
the American stage and his Hamlet" has had
few equals. His acting days are over, but
the remains of his "Hamlet" surpass the
best efforts of most of the present-day actors.
He was great, also, in other parts, and to his
ability as an artist added the character of a
gentlemen. AT the testimonial Saturday night
the old actor gave several scenes from "Ham-
let" and three from the ''School for Scandal"
The audience was large and distinguished,
and the event was in all respects graceful
tribute to one of Americas greatest actors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY,

Whatever concealments the Standard Oil
Company may have chosen to make in the
early stages of its operations in this State, it
has thrown them off and now avows an open
policy. 1t is here, and to all appearances has
should be among the first to enter the newly
discovered gas field. 1t has had very large ex-
perience in oil and gas, and understands the
whole subject thoroughly. No other corpora
ton, company or syndicate understands it
nearly so thoroughly or knows SO we'll how to
utilize the points. To this large knowl-
edge and experience the Standard Com
pany adds resources that are practi-
cally unlimited 1t does not hesitate
TO undertake anything that promises good
results, and it is strong enough to carry
through anything it undertakes. There is no
such word as fail in its lexicon, and what it
wills TO do it does. The company declares its
intention to supply Indianapolis with natural
gas. 1t is proposed to pipe it from the Mobiles
vile field, if not found nearer. 1t will proba
bly, be found nearer, but the Noblesville field
is only about twenty miles distant, and the
Standard people have secured there an un-
limited supply of gas. The rest to them is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

ONE of the earliest and strongest protests
the wool-growers Of California, who repre-
sented that the enforcement of Section 4
would annihilate the wool business in that
of Philadelphia the largest in the United
States, with letter to the Interstate Com
mission expressing the hope that Section
will not be suspended, as regards transconti.
mental lines. They say the protests against
the long and-short haul came from parties
who have heretofore enjoyed the greatest
benefits from cut rates and who have had an
unfair advantage. "For instance" they con-
tinue, "last year the merchants of San Fran
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

THE Saturday People heartily indorses the
ling of the streets, and the possible utilization
of the fire department in the service 1t says
it advocated the same idea some years ago,
and hopes the journal will have better sue
cess than it did. We don't know about that
The indisposition of the. Council, and the
department, and the city officers to seriously
consider the proposition is about as dense now
as IL was when the People failed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.
ALL THAT IS DESIRED IN A DAILY.

ALL THAT IS DESIRED IN A DAILY
South Bend Tribune.
The Indianapolis Journal is now the most
neatly printed daily paper in the United States
and it has for several years been one of the best
edited If it could be placed in South Bend as
early in the day as the Chicago papers it would
have boom" here sure. It's recent enlarge
ment makes it all that can be desired in daily
paper.
NOW LEADS THEM ALL.
Albion New Era.
The Indianapolis Daily Journal. always one of
the best papers published in the West has been
greatly enlarged and improved with the putting
up of its new Hoe perfecting press II now leads
them all by a large majority.
MODEL NEWSPAPER.
Edinburg Courier.
The Indianapolis Journal has new and costly
press, a new dress, and has increased the size of
the paper considerably. The Journal is model
daily newspaper. and deserves its prosperity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25
The Tom johnson Sole Defender.

Indianapolis Indepen dent.
The report that the drivers of street-cars have
received positive orders to take off their caps
whenever the proprietor editor of the News
enters a car, and allow plebeian mudsill to sit
on the same side of the car during their ride is
probably tinctured with romance, but it does
seem strange that the News, that once was ac-
customed to lampoon the street-car company
should all at once become its ever-ready cham
pion and ready at all times to take issue with
anyone finding fault with its management-or
more properly speaking. jump onto the fellow
min
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

New ORR Evening FObt.
The Concord Monitor makes earnest appeal
for the creation of "a determined public senti-
ment that selling shall be crushed out in
the capital of New Hampshire" where it is said
there are seventy places for the sale of
liquor. New Hampshire. by the way, has had
nominal prohibition of the manufacture and
sale Of LIQUOR since 1855 and the richest man in
the State to-day is the proprietor of great
brewery at Portsmouth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

CANON WILBERFoRcE the great English
clergyman, arrived at New York on Saturday,
accompanied by his wife and daughter. He
says his visit to the United States is for rest
and recreation. He will remain about six
weeks, and doesn't know whether he will
preach anywhere or not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-25

THE storm of Friday night and Saturday
morning was very severe and destructive IN
southern Indiana. Reports from a number of
points show bridges and farm Improvements
washed away, railroads damaged and much
property destroyed.